{"id":109503,"date":"2017-08-02T22:45:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T02:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=109503"},"modified":"2017-08-02T22:45:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T02:45:09","slug":"palawan-calls-on-lgus-to-highlight-august-as-lung-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/02\/palawan-calls-on-lgus-to-highlight-august-as-lung-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Palawan calls on LGUs to highlight August as \u2018Lung Month\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_109511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109511\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PGP-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109511\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PGP-3-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"The provincial government of Palawan is enjoining local government units (LGUs) to hold special activities this month in celebration of the \u201cLung Month,\u201d according to the Provincial Information Office. (PNA photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PGP-3-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PGP-3-768x353.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PGP-3-1024x471.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The provincial government of Palawan. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Aug 3 &#8212; The provincial government of Palawan is enjoining local government units (LGUs) to hold special activities this month in celebration of the \u201cLung Month,\u201d according to the Provincial Information Office (PIO).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">This after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan recently approved 2nd Palawan District Board Member Sharon Abiog-Onda\u2019s resolution that calls for increased information and communication drives about common lung diseases that residents should know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">According to the PIO, which is headed by Atty. Gil Acosta Jr., Onda\u2019s measure is timely because Palawan is celebrating August as National Lung Month under Presidential Proclamation No. 1761 which was implemented in 1978 under the presidency of the late Ferdinand Marcos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">The measure said more information dissemination should be conducted on lung ailments such as pneumonia and tuberculosis, which still cause deaths among poor Palawe\u00f1os.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">The PIO said information drives on these illnesses should include preventive measures, and where residents can seek help if they have them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201cThe public should also know where they can get free medicine from the government and private organizations that support anti-TB and anti-pneumonia programs,\u201d the PIO statement said late Wednesday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">It is also this month, the PIO said, that the provincial government will further implement the anti-smoking law, especially the prohibition of smoking by minors in municipal areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">The PIO said selling cigarettes or other tobacco products to minors are also prohibited under the anti-smoking law, and anyone caught violating this will be seriously penalized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Activities regarding Onda\u2019s resolution and the anti-smoking law should be done in municipalities, according to the information office, and should be led by the municipal health offices\u00a0<span style=\"background: white\">(MHOs).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Aug 3 &#8212; The provincial government of Palawan is enjoining local government units (LGUs) to hold special &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":109511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,16,95],"tags":[20309,20308],"class_list":["post-109503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-august","tag-lung-month","mauthors-grace-ann-n-belostrino","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}